| Hof Church | |
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| Hof kirke | |
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| 60°33′04″N12°01′04″E / 60.5510262847°N 12.01782256364°E /60.5510262847; 12.01782256364 | |
| Location | Åsnes Municipality, Innlandet |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Consecrated | 17 October 1860 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
| Architectural type | Cruciform |
| Completed | 1860 (165 years ago) (1860) |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 600 |
| Materials | Brick |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
| Deanery | Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti |
| Parish | Hof |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Protected |
| ID | 84590 |
Hof Church (Norwegian:Hof kirke) is aparish church of theChurch of Norway inÅsnes Municipality inInnlandet county,Norway. It is located in the village ofHof. It is the church for the Hofparish which is part of theSolør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in theDiocese of Hamar. The red brick church was built in acruciform design in 1860 using plans drawn up by thearchitectChristian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2]
Hof Church (whose name refers to anheathen temple) serves the southern part of what is now Åsnes municipality inSolør, with a church on the west side of the riverGlomma, although the river actually changed course in the area around the year 1450. Previously the church was on the east side before the river broke through its boundaries and changed course.[3]
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1388, but the church was not new that year. The first church at Hof was a woodenstave church that was probably built around the beginning of the 13th century. This church stood about 60 metres (200 ft) to the northwest of the present church site. The church had two woodenportals that are still in existence at a museum. Around the year 1600, the old stave church was heavily renovated and enlarged, leaving little of the original structure remaining. The original building had along church design, but the addition of twotransept wings, gave the building acruciform floor plan. Achurch porch was built on the west end of thenave. Thechoir was located in the eastern wing of the church. Asacristy was built on the north side of the choir. The outside of the building was clad with vertical wood siding.[4][3]
In 1814, this church served as anelection church (Norwegian:valgkirke).[5][6] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote theConstitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Eachchurch parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet inEidsvoll later that year.[5][7]
In 1858, the old church was torn down. A new, larger brick church was constructed on roughly the same site. The foundation stone was laid in 1858. The building was acruciform design that was designed byChristian Heinrich Grosch. A man named Schøyen was the lead builder for the project. The new church wasconsecrated on 17 October 1860. The new church originally sat about 625 people, including 145 seats in the second floor seating galleries. In 1954–1955, the church was renovated. During this project, the second floor seating galleries were all removed.[3]
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